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Cultural moves : African Americans and the politics of representation /
"Examines the importance of culture in the push for black political power and social recognition and argues the key black cultural practices have been notable in reconfiguring the shape and texture of social and cultural life in the U.S. Drawing on examples from jazz, television, and academia,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2005.
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| Colección: | American crossroads ;
15. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Examines the importance of culture in the push for black political power and social recognition and argues the key black cultural practices have been notable in reconfiguring the shape and texture of social and cultural life in the U.S. Drawing on examples from jazz, television, and academia, Gray highlights cultural strategies for inclusion in the dominant culture as well as cultural tactics that move beyond the quest for mere recognition by challenging, disrupting, and unsettling dominant cultural representations and institutions. In the end, Gray challenges the conventional wisdom about the centrality of representation and politics in black cultural production"--Provided by publisher |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 249 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-240) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520937871 0520937872 0520233743 9780520233744 0520241444 9780520241442 1282357867 9781282357860 1417573732 9781417573738 9786612357862 661235786X 159734561X 9781597345613 |